**Multiple Abilities Club** (Registered charity, number 1183987) **Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
|---|---|
|2 - 3|Trustees’ annual report|
|4|Independent examiner’s report|
|5|Receipts & Payments Account|
|6|Statement of Assets & Liabilities|
|7|Notes to the Accounts|
## **Multiple Abilities Club Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2021**
**Full name** Multiple Abilities Club
**Registered charity number** 1183987
**Principal address** 45 Pool Street Fenton Stoke on Trent ST4 2PB
## **Trustees**
Bonnie Harris Cynthia Williamson (Resigned) Eileen Hassall (Resigned) Lizzie Vyse (Resigned) Lesley Davies (Resigned) June Fee Raza Hussein (Appointed March 2022)
## **Bankers**
Lloyds Bank
## **Independent examiner**
Daryl Denson ACMA VAST The Dudson Centre Hope Street Hanley Stoke on Trent ST1 5DD
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its trust deed adopted 20 June 2019.
## **The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
By nomination from an existing trustee. In selecting an individual regard will be taken into consideration of their skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity. A new trustee will be appointed by a resolution of the trustees passed at a special meeting called under clause 15 of the Trust Deed.
## **Aims and objectives**
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society by:
a) providing education and training including vocational and basic skills in order to prepare them for employment/work experience placements and encouraging independent living promoting personal development by the provision of vocational activities;
b) to encourage social integration such as a choir, gardening club and other related activities for the purpose of this clause "socially excluded" means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community and in particular those people who have a disability or long-term health conditions.
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Multipl• Abilities Club
Trust. Annual Report (continued)
for the year ended 31 March 2021
We CurrdY run a social thjb a 7A*ek for pee wih aThl without disablibes to come
togetsr as equals. This wKlud8s disco. bingo, karacA(e. theme nights regularly as well as
live music and game nighls. days (MJI and IIdayS thr0 yew. From May 2020 we
will be opening a CL¥nmuThty ntre, terry day every and reachiThJ Jt to many
other 0uP$ in Ihe communty.
Publlc Beneftt
The trustees of the CW are awwe of Ihe Chaity crynrrnssK's gUKI on wbk beffl
and havè had regard to it in th9¥ adMiThStrati ofth& Charity.
Summary oflhe maln achievem•nts during th8 year
Due lo the effects of Covid and the requ1 LkdOTr. it was n8e*ssary to shut the dub and
halt any wo$ on Fenton cMtty Hall. k restrK*ions were bx6ened was alkyld to
the dub opened on a TdaY eveniro at Pa(*moor Communty Hall. Thi5 was a thfficult time
as our membgr¥ are larg8ty shIekJe. Many iNe i) care homes. The care homes at
thal time was rf any dient had covid the tK>me igyated. Numth were low around 40 in
th& beginning, manty due to Ihe ladt of ¢xrfMlence th wali5ing again. People vthh lean4NJ
drfficulties can struggle wth ()mu(at)n sk1$. We then nwed to Jomts Square
Community Han whKh was centr*y ILated. We are happy to say that as time moved
fornwards our membership grthv.
In the follty¥ing year we are to grclrt the dub ty rtirj hdtAThJ m8mt¢rs to
rebijild their communKation ar xxial skts in a safe envirtinL Thén to expand the
horizons by pvling outwvJs e.g. tv•thng and trips further afiekl.
We are continuiNJ to rerthiate Fenton Communty Hall arnl are cxJrnMlW to WO with the
councH, with the aim of s*3nYo the lease in th8 fuiurn. tlwjs makff& thi% our Chariils
home.
The charfty's pollcy on reserves
We wll not all¢)w the bank bala& to drq) be £5.(iNJ as Ihks amwni *rfficI to pay all
expenses a yew Wilrt Inc tr see us thrOh any urgent (XIS.
Managem•nt of the Charlty
The trustees were contacked by the Chaiity CommFssYm as they had Tl¥ed 8 ¢(kn81n1
about the running of the MAC Club. ring the &counbng in queslion. the dub had
Trustees, tmrt was run by Carole Haw WKI her exterwjed fanty. The fijnctions and
included bn9 spjnatories for fijnds received aThJ sm adrn). tAanning aThJ valhJat¥)n (rf
accounls.
Wg worked with the Charity commiss an exiensive awjil IaUdIJ ntervie*s. We also
worked wrth the Coundl. &cessing and F0vAdIng th& recetpts for ts SI fundirvJ whw8 there
were rK) ripts to be f(yJnd. pmvKlirwJ ac4tyab tknIrwtat and ph)knJrdphs of other
work that had been dorn. to the Samp 7rJue of fiKKIs spw
Sign
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Multiple Abilities Club for the year ended 31 March 2021**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the period ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 7.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the charity’s trustees of Multiple Abilities Club you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of Multiple Abilities Club accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of Multiple Abilities Club as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts to not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
11/07/2024 Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ Daryl Denson ACMA VAST
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## **Multiple Abilities Club Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2021**
|**_Notes_**
**Receipts**
Grants
Furlough
Subscriptions
Fundraising
Events
Raffle
Xmas
Donations
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Hall
Misc
Outings
Butlins
Disco
Entertainment
Training
Legal & Professional Fees
Accounting
Repairs & Maintenance
Security Services
Insurance
Fundraising Expenses
Stationary, Printing & Postage
Mobile Top-Up
Wages
Volunteer Expenses
Refreshments
Donations
Equipment
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
Cash funds at start of this period
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
25,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**25,000**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
23,502
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**23,502**
**1,498**
31,539
**33,037**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
14,725
10,593
-
-
500
-
-
3,314
**29,132**
-
221
-
-
-
-
-
-
450
-
-
867
-
-
-
13,449
-
-
-
-
**14,987**
**14,145**
(3,097)
**11,048**|**2021**
**£**
39,725
10,593
-
-
500
-
-
3,314
**54,132**
-
221
-
-
-
-
-
-
450
23,502
-
867
-
-
-
13,449
-
-
-
-
**38,489**
**15,643**
28,442
**44,085**|**2020**
**£**
78,848
-
22,965
1,619
1,000
-
-
1,231|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||105,663|
|||||7,477
677
-
16,759
-
1,200
35
2,150
2,250
43,488
3,122
787
2,769
385
30
14,704
4,264
1,766
3,008
806|
|||||105,677|
|||||**(14)**
28,456|
|||||28,442|
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Multbplo Abilities Cl
Statement of Assets and Liabililies
at 31 March 2021
2020
C•sh Assets
Bank accounts
Cash in hand
sto cr•Jit hekl
38,707
5.135
243
44,085
23.064
5,135
243
28.442
Signed
## **Multiple Abilities Club Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts are statements that summarise the movement of cash into and out of the charity during the financial year. In this context “cash” includes cash equivalents, for example, bank accounts where cash can be readily withdrawn to pay for debts as they become due. For the purposes of understanding a statement of assets and liabilities at the year-end has been included.
## **2. Trustees’ remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this year.
## **3. Funding**
During the year £25,000 (2020: £78,349) of funding was restricted with £29,132 (2020: £27,314) unrestricted.
|**Funds**
**Restricted Funds**
CIF Grant
Big Lottery Grant
Butlins Fund
Co-Op Fund
Fays Safe
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Funds
Net Total Funds|**2020**
**_£_**
5,681
9,001
6,187
5,257
5,413
31,539
(3,097)
28,442|**Incoming**
**Funds**
**£**
25,000
-
-
-
-
25,000
29,132
54,132|**Outgoing**
**Funds**
**£**
(23,502)
-
-
-
-
(23,502)
(14,987)
(38,489)|**2021**
**£**
7,179
9,001
6,187
5,257
5,413|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||33,037|
||||||
|||||11,048|
||||||
|||||44,085|
Purpose of funds:
Big Lottery Grant – to fund trips and pay for equipment.
CIF Grant – to purchase various computer and electronic equipment.
Butlins Fund – to fund trips.
Co-Op Fund – to pay for next year’s trip to Butlins.
Fays Safe – to pay for computer and sports equipment.
## **4. COVID-19 Impact**
The charity is temporarily unable to function as usual due to COVID restrictions, but we believe we will bounce back quickly once the virus is under control and restrictions are lifted.
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